To some, working from home sounds like a dream. For others, it’s a nightmare. Sure, there’s no commute and business-casual suddenly feels like dressing up. But these luxuries come at the very real expense of no in-person brainstorming and socializing, which are half the fun of a healthy workplace. Our …
We’re pleased to welcome to Racery’s newest sister service, WhichWorksBest! WhichWorkBest is an online toolkit for single person experiments, also called “n-of-1” trials. The goal is to help people suffering from chronic illnesses decide which treatment works best. (Treatments can range from sunlight to CBD oil to aspirin to caffeine… …
Many people think of themselves as “active” if they manage to exercise for 30 minutes daily, three or four times each week. That’s certainly more than the average person exercises! But it takes at least 80 minutes of activity per day to approach an optimal resting heart rate, which correlates …
While we do lots of virtual races and challenges for companies promoting employee fitness or bigger charities seeking donations and publicity, our favorite customers are small fundraisers for very important, very local causes. Racery tranforms what would normally just a request for a check into a more meaningful event that …
We thought we’d seen just about every twist on virtual racing there is… and then along comes another giant twist! This December, staffers from WEST Inc aim to try to combine their exercise (converted into miles) and cover a 9,698 mile route, shaped as a ginormous W, for a virtual race …
Throughout four years of programming and supporting Racery, our staff has repeatedly seen that everyone relates differently to exercise and motivation. Some of us enjoy the competion, others get a kick out of maintaining streaks. Some think about rewards (ice cream), and others like pushing their own distance limits. Some …
